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EA CEO AND CHIEF PLAY SPORE
EA CEO John Riccitiello and EA Games Chief Frank Gibeau have confirmed that Spore will be available roughly between March, April or May. Also confirmed is that they both have access to a copy of the game and have been playing it a great deal. Here's a snippet of the interview:
“(EA Games chief) Frank (Gibeau) and I are both dying to take the question because we’re both playing and enjoying the product a great deal, so I would say the great news is what we’ve got now is coming together as one of those break-through products that might come across the industry every three, five, seven years,” Riccitiello said.
“We could not be more bullish about the potential for the franchise than we are right now. Right now, as we mentioned in our call the last time, it is sort of squarely targeting against March, April, May of next year. Intellectual properties like this and games like these are so large and so complex that we chose not to put in our fiscal year guidance because these days are pretty hard to predict, and the outcomes can be volatile. We will make the choice of shipping a better game than an on-time game given the high potential for this franchise, so our best guess right now is Q1 of next fiscal, but we’re not actually providing guidance for next fiscal at this point.”
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“(EA Games chief) Frank (Gibeau) and I are both dying to take the question because we’re both playing and enjoying the product a great deal, so I would say the great news is what we’ve got now is coming together as one of those break-through products that might come across the industry every three, five, seven years,” Riccitiello said.
1. 55k0 - Apr 10, 2008 04:01 PM
september 7 2008 here i come (i actually have a time machine and i am not kidding :-)
2. LePedro - Aug 21, 2007 03:59 PM
Good. Now I can destroy his voodoo doll :P
3. CoconutMushrom - Aug 15, 2007 02:36 AM
He probably has stupid creations; mine will be kooler,HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA i am kool.
4. Must_have_spore - Aug 13, 2007 02:26 PM
STEAL THE COPY STEAL THE COPY STEAL THE COPY!
5. sunshine - Aug 10, 2007 08:35 AM
someone should pretend to be a journal with a fake id XD ^_^ XD
6. spore midget - Aug 07, 2007 10:45 AM
i agree, steal the copy! come on chant with me:steal the copy! steal the copy!
7. Leester541 - Aug 06, 2007 10:19 PM
We should kill him steal his version copy it and distribute it across the internet!!!!.....Or am i the only one who feels that way :P
8. Diamond dragon - Aug 06, 2007 08:25 PM
i wish there was a movie of this
9. xCrypto - Aug 05, 2007 02:33 PM
Finally it has been confrimed but who knows they may put it out sooner :D.
10. sikgamer - Aug 05, 2007 05:23 AM
Actually, the delay was said to be around March 08, this is just confirming it.
11. RaptorCam - Aug 05, 2007 02:09 AM
This is good news. Notice how once he played it, the release went from sometime next year to March, April, or May? He must have had doubts before.
12. fetus - Aug 04, 2007 09:11 PM
EVERYONE HERE IS A BIG NERD WITH NO LIFE
13. fetus - Aug 04, 2007 09:11 PM
did i make u made?
14. sikgamer - Aug 04, 2007 05:18 AM
The publishment of Spore does. Without this "nub", Spore wouldn't get sold to the public, you moron.
15. fetus - Aug 03, 2007 04:58 PM
lol who cares if this nub plays spore
16. sikgamer - Aug 03, 2007 02:38 PM
EA CEO: Hey, lets have a go on money, ermm, I mean spore.
17. Apeiron - Aug 03, 2007 12:32 PM
Err, I mean March/April/May is late Q2 early Q3.
18. Apeiron - Aug 03, 2007 12:31 PM
Did anyone else notice that he said "so our best guess right now is Q1 of next fiscal" ? That would put it Q4 of this calender year, as March/April/May is Q2 of the fiscal year, wonder if it was just a typo or he himself got mixed up.
19. hawkeye - Aug 03, 2007 11:01 AM
Well theres the Lipazig conference on the 20 to 22 and Spore will be presenting so we should get so more info
20. TebTeb - Aug 03, 2007 08:51 AM
About time we got a more promising release date.
21. xHarrold251 - Aug 03, 2007 06:17 AM
"but we’re not actually providing guidance for next fiscal at this point." so basicaly it could be out earlier than the next fiscal year. Or later. Bbut thats what their hoping for. This is great news. A semi-realieble realese date. March April or May. Yay
22. jomigc - Aug 03, 2007 04:05 AM
he said that they would rather release a "better game" than an "on-time game". So if Spore is finished before March, then they might release it earlier. The CEO just assumed that Spore will be finished in March, April, or May. Maxis, hurry up!!!!
23. grayworks - Aug 03, 2007 02:24 AM
Thats an awesome pic dream. Way better than mine.
24. Immortal D - Aug 02, 2007 11:19 PM
The last potential date I heard was simply 'April', so this is quite promising.
25. xDreamache - Aug 02, 2007 10:18 PM
Digg it guys: http://digg.com/gaming_news/EA_CEO_and_Chief_Play_Spore
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